heh. I'm a bad electronic engineer, I've destroyed probably 6-7 motherboards in my day. At least back in high school, I wasn't the one that blew out the SE by using a metal tool and making a connection on the back of the tube. KA-POW!!!! Lucky he didn't zap himself.
(I did however have a short in the wall AC circuit of one of my electronics projects, and blew out the electrical grid for 1/4 of the school when I plugged the cord into the wall. Ah, the smell of ozone, I know it well.)
I did just get a Newton 2000 off Craigslist that was known dead, and when I opened it up, I could see that one of the capacitors had blown, charring a decent portion of the motherboard, and even having "capacitor goo" that had destroyed a few other surface mount components. I had been hoping for something simpler, but this one is just plain dead.
(I did however have a short in the wall AC circuit of one of my electronics projects, and blew out the electrical grid for 1/4 of the school when I plugged the cord into the wall. Ah, the smell of ozone, I know it well.)
I did just get a Newton 2000 off Craigslist that was known dead, and when I opened it up, I could see that one of the capacitors had blown, charring a decent portion of the motherboard, and even having "capacitor goo" that had destroyed a few other surface mount components. I had been hoping for something simpler, but this one is just plain dead.